Improvement i int plows



J. R. BEGGS.

Plow.

Patented June 9, 1863.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. BEGGS, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

IM PROVEM ENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,803, dated .Tune 9,1863; antedated.

` Aprii 1e, 1863.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES R. BEGGS, of NewAlbany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana,have invented a newand Improved Plow; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication, inwhich- Figure I represents a perspective view of Iny improved plow. Fig.2 is a top view of the plow, showing clearly the peculiar arrangement ofthe mold-board. Fig. 3 isa view look ing toward the landside of theplow, showing clearly the Inanner ot attachingthe mold-board and handlesto the plow-beam.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the threefigures.

-This invention consists in constructing light turn-plows in such mannerthat the drat't will be in a vertical plane with the middle of' themold-board, or so that the mold-board will be divided equally withreference to the line of draft on the beam, the object ot' which is tolessen the side draft on the mold-board, thus giving greater steadinessto the plow, and to regulate the line of draft, so as to make thev plowcut olf a regular slice of equal breadth without any great force beingapplied by the plowman who holds the stilts.

lhe peculiarity ot' the invention is to so arrange one mold-board orturn-furrow that the pressure on it in cutting oft' and in turning overthe slice will be'equally divided on each side of the plow-beam. At thesame time the beam will be at a sutticient height from the top ofthemold-board to prevent the slice from coming in contact with it whileturning; and, in conjunction with a mold-board thus arranged, itconsists in attaching the same to the beam by two peculiarly-curvedstandards, which proceed down under the middle of the mold-board, andare bol-ted together and to the mold-board by suitable bolts,hereinafter described, the hind standard serving the twofold object ot'a brace for the forward standard and a means ot' securing the handles tothe plow; a right-angular projection from the rear brace and standard,the bottom ot' which serves fr a support for tite heel ot' the plow anda fulcrum for regulating the depth the plow is intended to run, toprevent it from going too deep into the ground or rising out of it whilethe plow i: going on, all as will be hereinafter described. v

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A represents the beam, which may be ot' the ordinaryconstruction, and B is a mold-board of a suitable shape for turning theslice to the greatest advantage.

. U is an iron standard, that is secured b v suitable bolts to the beamA, passes down and is curved under the mold-board, as clearlyrepresented in Fig. 3, and secured to it by two bolts,'a a.

D is a standard-brace that proceeds down from the beam behind thestandard and under the mold-board, and is secured bythe bolt a.

E is an angular heelpiece and a projection of the standard-brace D, thatruns in the middle ot' the t'urrow and serves an important object. as asupport for the rear part ot' the plow. The share ot' the moldboard andthe horizontal portion ot' the heel-piece E form the sole 0f theplo\\'and it wil be seen that the friction on the bottom ot' the furrowor subsoil is very slight.

The handles G G are each bolted together by a bolt, b, which passesthrough the brace D at their lower ends, and secured to the beam at therequired distance apart b v tapering blocks and a bolt, c, that passesthrough the brace D,and Ibeam A.

J is a eolter, that is secured to the beam A with two staples, d d, andwhich is curved out from thebeam and carried down in a line with thelaudside ot' the plow.

Having thus described tn v invention, whatr I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination ot' the beam A, moldf'board B, standard C, brace D, andheel-piece E, all arranged as and for the purpose lt'erein set forth.

JAS. 1t. BEGGS.

Witnesses: l'

DAVID W. LAFoLLETfIE, JoHN 0. GREENE.

